Hyderabad: The NIA charge-sheet filed on Monday against three ISIS operatives from J&K Karnataka and Maharashtra revealed that the Hyderabad module of the ISIS was funded by Adnan Hassan, a native of Bhatkal.
The charge-sheet stated: “The accused, in connivance with their associates based in UAE and other countries, were also actively involved in receiving, collecting and distributing funds to persons interested to go to Syria to further the activities of SISI using banking channels including the Western Union. These funds were transferred by the accused from the UAE to Tunisia, the Philippines and India.
“Adnan Hassan had also funded the ISIS module from Hyderabad. He had attempted twice to flee from India to go to Syria, first from Kolkata in 2014 via Bangladesh and Afghanistan and then from Nagpur to Srinagar in 2015,” it said.
Investigations have revealed that ISIS operatives are in touch with people in various countries in south and southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. They also communicated with people in Australia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Serbia, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the United Kingdom.
The three accused were in close contact with ISIS handler Shafi Armar, a native of Bhatkal, and also Mohammed Naser a native of Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu, who are accused number A-1 in another case of ISIS conspiracy.
